Karnataka

Bangalore, Jul 18: A BMTC bus driver who suffered a massive heart attack while driving on Wednesday used his presence of mind to stop the vehicle on the side of the road, saving the lives of 50 passengers. BMTC officials said Rahmatullah, 35, from Chintamani was driving on the Shivajinagar-Banashankari route. He reached Banashankari and on the return journey, stopped the vehicle (KA 57-F20) at the

Udupi, Jul 18: Drug menace is a biggest threat to the youngsters. While a popular belief is that the invisible hands of drug traffickers is functioning in the cities, an incident of four men being nabbed by police in a small village like Padubidri in Udupi district has brought to light as to how drug menace has spread its tentacles. Shishir Suvarna (20), Zainuddin (39) from Kasba-Bengre, Mangalore

Udupi, Jul 18: Retired Tahasildar of Udupi Abdul Kareem passed away on Wednesday after a brief illness. He was 76. Hailing from Padubidri in Udupi district, Mr Kareem had served at Kundapur, Mangalore, Moodbidri and Udupi in Revenue department. He had retired 20 years ago. He is survived by his wife, two sons and three daughters.

Mangalore, Jul 17: A bus conductor has been arrested on charges of repeatedly raping a minor girl, making her pregnant and threatening to upload her morphed picture on the internet, if she complained about the same. The accused Faizal (30) from Shantinagar, Kavoor, allegedly raped a 16-year-old girl from Jyothinagar, Kavoor, originally hailing from Bhadravati. The victim who is a students had been

Kasargod, Jul 17: The families of two Keralite sailors, who are among the 24-member Indian crew of the Turkish oil chemical tanker hijacked by pirates off the coast of West African nation Gabon, are praying for the safe return of their dear ones. While Vasant Kumar from Melparambu had joined the shipping company V Ships in January this year, V K Babu from Palakunnu had joined in April. Both hail

Mangalore, Jul 17: The residents of Pachchanady, Vamanjur, Kudupu and nearby areas who are fed up of seeing waste being dumped here and there in the vicinity, protested in a unique way on Wednesday night. The raged residents brought some poultry waste and dumped it in front of Mangalore City Corporation and staged a stir at night demanding clean environment. It is said that poultry wastes in large

New Delhi, Jul 17: The Bengaluru international airport will be named after the city's founder Kempegowda.The government today approved a Civil Aviation Ministry proposal to this effect. The proposal was approved by the Union Cabinet at its meeting here, fulfilling a long-pending demand of the people of Karnataka, official sources said here. Hiriya Kempegowda was a ruler under the Vijayanagar

Mangalore, Jul 17: Iron and folic acid supplementary tablets were distributed to the students of government higher primary school, Attavar, as the state-wide 'weekly iron and folic acid supplementary programme' was inaugurated in the school here on Wednesday. Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner N Prakash launched the programme and distributed the tablets to the students of Class 6- Class 10

Mangalore, July 17: An unidentified speeding tempo rammed into a motorcycle at Padil junction late night on Tuesday, resulting in the death of a middle-aged woman riding pillion on the motorcycle. Savitha (40) from Kodical is the deceased. The accident is said to have taken place when the couple were returning home towards Kodical from Kankanady. Her husband Javre Gowda (50), who was riding the

Mangalore, Jul 17: The two arrested from Bhubaneshwar in connection with the theft of precious idols from a Jain Basadi in Moodbidri were brought to Mangalore and produced before the magistrate here on Tuesday. Digambar Mohanty (59) and Diptimayee Mohanty (23) were apprehended by a joint team of Bhubaneshwar and Mangalore police in Bhubaneshwar on Monday. Diptimayee is the wife of Santosh Das, aka